adolescent

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First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: adolescente — characteristic of adolescence
• Bulgarian: юношески (junošeski) — characteristic of adolescence
• Catalan: adolescent — characteristic of adolescence
• Esperanto: adoleska — characteristic of adolescence
• Finnish: nuori — characteristic of adolescence
• French: adolescent — characteristic of adolescence
• Galician: adolescente — characteristic of adolescence
• German: heranwachsend — characteristic of adolescence
• German: jugendlich — characteristic of adolescence
• German: jung — characteristic of adolescence
• German: adoleszent — characteristic of adolescence
• German: pubertär — characteristic of adolescence
• Greek: έφηβος (éfivos) — characteristic of adolescence
• Hindi: किशोर (kiśor) — characteristic of adolescence
• Hindi: किशोरी (kiśorī) — characteristic of adolescence
• Hungarian: kamasz — characteristic of adolescence
• Hungarian: kamaszkori — characteristic of adolescence
• Ido: adolecanta — characteristic of adolescence
• Italian: adolescente — characteristic of adolescence
• Japanese: 思春期の (shishunkino) — characteristic of adolescence
• Marshallese: boea — characteristic of adolescence
• Polish: nastoletni — characteristic of adolescence
• Polish: dojrzewający — characteristic of adolescence
• Polish: adolescencyjny — characteristic of adolescence
• Polish: młodociany — characteristic of adolescence
• Portuguese: adolescente — characteristic of adolescence
• Romagnol: adulescént — characteristic of adolescence
• Romanian: adolescent — characteristic of adolescence
• Russian: подростко́вый (podrostkóvyj) — characteristic of adolescence
• Russian: ю́ношеский (júnošeskij) — characteristic of adolescence
• Scottish Gaelic: ògail — characteristic of adolescence
• Slovene: mladoleten — characteristic of adolescence
• Spanish: adolescente — characteristic of adolescence
• Telugu: కౌమార (kaumāra) — characteristic of adolescence
• Arabic: فَتًى (fatan) — a teenager
• Arabic: فَتَاة (fatāh) — a teenager
• Armenian: պատանի (patani) — a teenager
• Azerbaijani: yeniyetmə — a teenager
• Bashkir: үҫмер (üśmer) — a teenager
• Belarusian: падле́так (padljétak) — a teenager
• Bulgarian: юноша (junoša) — a teenager
• Bulgarian: девойка (devojka) — a teenager
• Bulgarian: по́лово съзря́ващ (pólovo sǎzrjávašt) — a teenager
• Catalan: adolescent — a teenager
• Chinese Mandarin: 青少年 (qīngshàonián) — a teenager
• Chinese Mandarin: 少年 (shàonián) — a teenager
• Chinese Mandarin: 姑娘 (gūniang) — a teenager
• Czech: dospívající — a teenager
• Czech: puberťák — a teenager
• Czech: adolescent — a teenager
• Esperanto: adoleskulo — a teenager
• Esperanto: adoleskanto — a teenager
• Estonian: noor — a teenager
• Estonian: teismeline — a teenager
• Finnish: nuori — a teenager
• Galician: adolescente — a teenager
• Galician: rapaz — a teenager
• Galician: rapazolo — a teenager
• Galician: mozo — a teenager
• Galician: rapazola — a teenager
• Galician: rapariga — a teenager
• Galician: rapaza — a teenager
• Galician: moza — a teenager
• German: Jugendliche — a teenager
• Hebrew: נַעַר (ná'ar) — a teenager
• Hebrew: מִתְבַּגֵּר (mitbaggér) — a teenager
• Hindi: किशोर (kiśor) — a teenager
• Hindi: किशोरी (kiśorī) — a teenager
• Hungarian: kamasz — a teenager
• Ido: adolecanto — a teenager
• Italian: adolescente — a teenager
• Japanese: 青春 (seishun) — a teenager
• Japanese: 少年 (shōnen) — a teenager
• Japanese: 少女 (shōjo) — a teenager
• Korean: 10대 (10dae) — a teenager
• Korean: 청소년 (cheongsonyeon) — a teenager
• Latin: adulēscēns — a teenager
• Macedonian: малоле́тник (malolétnik) — a teenager
• Macedonian: малолетничка (maloletnička) — a teenager
• Macedonian: младинец (mladinec) — a teenager
• Malay: remaja — a teenager
• Marshallese: boea — a teenager
• Persian: برنا (bornâ) — a teenager
• Polish: nastolatek — a teenager
• Polish: nastolatka — a teenager
• Polish: adolescent — a teenager
• Portuguese: adolescente — a teenager
• Portuguese: rapaz — a teenager
• Portuguese: rapariga — a teenager
• Portuguese: moço — a teenager
• Portuguese: moça — a teenager
• Romanian: adolescent — a teenager
• Romanian: adolescentă — a teenager
• Russian: подро́сток (podróstok) — a teenager
• Russian: ю́ноша (júnoša) — a teenager
• Russian: де́вушка (dévuška) — a teenager
• Scottish Gaelic: òigear — a teenager
• Scottish Gaelic: òganach — a teenager
• Serbo-Croatian: adolèscent — a teenager
• Slovene: mladoletnik — a teenager
• Slovene: mladoletnica — a teenager
• Spanish: adolescente — a teenager
• Spanish: muchacho — a teenager
• Spanish: muchacha — a teenager
• Spanish: chico — a teenager
• Spanish: chica — a teenager
• Swedish: tonåring — a teenager
• Tày: léo — a teenager
• Turkish: ergen — a teenager
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغلان (oğlan) — a teenager
• Ottoman Turkish: اوشاق (uşak) — a teenager
• Ottoman Turkish: شاب (şab) — a teenager
• Ukrainian: підлі́ток (pidlítok) — a teenager